My Monkees cassette tapes. Found while cleaning out the closet. I used to think I was going to marry Davy Jones (okay who DIDN’T 14-year-old me think she was going to marry?!) until I found out he was old enough to be my grandpa. Our dog Clare thinks she is human. My husband encourages it. [...]

We knew on Monday that Tuesday afternoon and into the evening was going to be a little bit crazy. I’ve lived here my whole life and I’m used to these things. Kevin came here from half way across the country and started storm-chasing. We’re not easily spooked by these things, but it was very clear [...]

I was going to write a poem. Then I remembered how much poorly written poems annoy me, even with the sweetest sentiments behind them. And this one was even going to be set to the tune of “Maria” from The Sound of Music — who knows, you might have been impressed, but still. I’m going [...]

Rusty is a new pal of mine. We met at my Grandma Barbara’s Thanksgiving dinner. While I didn’t capture it on film, he does the cutest little thing where he sits up like a rabbit, balanced on his back end. Then he just looks from person to person, waiting for you to feed him. I’m [...]

I have no idea how many ounces this thing is, but it’s too much, too late at night. Pretty sure the rules of blogging say that 10:38 on a Tuesday night is the worst time to publish a post, but I’m doing this for the people. Not for whoever makes up those rules. How much [...]